
About
Buddy Messinger
Overview
Buddy Messinger (born Melvin Joseph Messinger; 26 October 1907 – 25 October 1965) was an American actor who was cast in substantial roles in dozens of films during the silent film era. He began his career as a jovial chubby child actor. With the advent of sound films he was relegated mostly to bit parts.
Known for
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1944 | Crime by Night | Actor | Bellboy (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Actor | Butcher Boy (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Actor | Bellhop with Flowers | N/A N/A |
1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Actor | Reporter | 58 Average |
1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Actor | Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1941 | Citizen Kane | Actor | Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) | 78 Good |
1940 | Love Thy Neighbor | Actor | Elevator Boy | 59 Average |
1940 | Keeping Company | Actor | Basketball Ticket Boy | 59 Average |
1940 | Hullabaloo | Actor | Third Page | 59 Average |
1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Actor | Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1940 | Turnabout | Actor | Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Actor | Reporter | 58 Average |
1939 | Fast and Furious | Actor | First Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1939 | Sergeant Madden | Actor | Hospital Clerk | 58 Average |
1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Actor | Rance | 59 Average |
1939 | Fast and Loose | Actor | Clerk (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1939 | Four Girls in White | Actor | Messenger | 59 Average |
1939 | Idiot's Delight | Actor | Usher | 58 Average |
1938 | The Shining Hour | Actor | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1938 | Hold That Kiss | Actor | Theatre Usher | 58 Average |
1937 | Midnight Madonna | Actor | Messenger | N/A N/A |
1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | Actor | Boy | 58 Average |
1936 | College Holiday | Actor | Dancer | 59 Average |
1936 | Libeled Lady | Actor | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy | Actor | Elevator Operator | 59 Average |
1936 | Three of a Kind | Actor | Bellhop | 58 Average |
1936 | Modern Times | Actor | Cigar Counterman (uncredited) | 80 Very good |
1936 | An All American Toothache | Actor | (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
1933 | Stage Mother | Actor | Fellow in Third Row | 58 Average |
1933 | Keyhole Katie | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1930 | Cheer Up and Smile | Actor | Donald | N/A N/A |
1929 | Hot Stuff | Actor | Tuffy | N/A N/A |
1928 | A Lady of Chance | Actor | Hank | 58 Average |
1927 | Dumb-Belles | Actor | 59 Average |
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1927 | A Sorority Mixup | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1926 | Monkeys Prefer Blondes | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1924 | What an Eye | Actor | Buddy - the Office Boy | N/A N/A |
1924 | Young Ideas | Actor | Bob Lowden | N/A N/A |
1924 | The Whispered Name | Actor | The Office Boy | N/A N/A |
1923 | Penrod and Sam | Actor | Rodney Bitts | 58 Average |
1923 | Abysmal Brute | Actor | Buddy Sangster | N/A N/A |
1923 | A Howling Success | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1922 | The Flirt | Actor | Hedrick Madison | N/A N/A |
1922 | When Love Comes | Actor | Coleridge Twin | N/A N/A |
1922 | Shadows | Actor | 'Mr. Bad Boy' | 58 Average |
1921 | The Old Nest | Actor | Jim at 10 | N/A N/A |
1921 | Edgar, the Detective | Actor | Freddie Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1921 | Edgar's Feast Day | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1921 | Edgar's Country Cousin | Actor | Freddie Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1920 | Edgar's Little Saw | Actor | Freddie Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1920 | Edgar Camps Out | Actor | Freddie Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1920 | Edgar Takes the Cake | Actor | Freddy Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1920 | Edgar's Jonah Day | Actor | Freddy Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1920 | Edgar's Hamlet | Actor | Freddy Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1920 | Edgar and the Teacher's Pet | Actor | Freddy Littlefield | N/A N/A |
1919 | Jinx | Actor | Orphan | N/A N/A |
1919 | The Hoodlum | Actor | Dish Lowry | 59 Average |
1918 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Actor | Kasim Baba | N/A N/A |
1917 | Treasure Island | Actor | Captain Smolett | 58 Average |
1917 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Actor | Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit | 58 Average |
Edgar's Sunday Courtship | Actor | Freddy Littlefield | N/A N/A |